Category: Education

Applying for a waiver from No Child Left Behind would simplify and improve the way California schools are measured.

A new pre-kindergarten program, which readies children for kindergarten, is supposed to take off this coming November, but is now in danger of being gutted before it can be fully implemented.

In 2011, for the first time, more Latino students than white students applied for admission to California State University's 23 campuses.

At James Lick Middle School in San Francisco, the loss of two bilingual counselors threatens gains in student attendance and achievement.

"Combo classes" in San Jose are facing challenges under the budget cut.

A newcomer teacher worries about the pink slip every year.

Under the budget cut, larger class sizes turn into chaotic classrooms.

Foreclosure crisis in Stockton, CA. is driving student enrollment down.

Earlier visit to Occupy LA has changed some of their views about the future.

Fil-Am Lynda Provido Johnson is sworn in as part of 7-member ABC Unified School Board.

The cascading effects of California's deepening budget crisis and sickly economy are forcing public schools to cope with multiple stresses that could threaten how well students do in school.

State funding for California's K-12 public schools has fallen to the 1990 level, resulting in a 6 percent spending reduction per student.

Montebello parochial school is one of many that offer strong values and academics.

Pilot schools in L.A.'s Koreatown are at the forefront of the education reform movement, and Korean Americans are at the helm.

Occupy ELAC movement faces uphill battle against state cuts.

A school in Southern California is training parents to read with their children so they could play a greater role in their education and build the youngsters' capacity to learn.

California's AB 540 law allows qualified undocumented students to attend state colleges and pay in-state tuition fees. However, the proof of citizenship for many science and federally subsidized fields of medicine and research still poses an obstacle and therefore limit career options for these students.

Students give up the comforts of home during the rainy season to protest the state's education cuts.

Los Angeles-area teachers this week were among the groups to publicly endorse the "Occupy LA" protesters who have been camped out at Los Angeles City Hall all month. Immigration rights activists have also joined the growing ranks of the Occupy LA protest movement.

Republican assemblyman says he will launch referendum drive to overturn California Dream Act.

Professional skills are just as important as academics at MUSD's new Applied Technology Center.

The City of Commerce's annual college fair attracts over 700 college-bound students looking for aid and advice.

Despite statewide budget cuts and unpaid furlough days, Alhambra Unified students showed improvements in 2011, but achievement gap, particularly in mathematics, is large.

Outside reform proposals would be considered last. School Board wants unions to allow more proposals that are outside of current bargaining agreements.

Armida Barrera has paid a price for living in a disadvantaged neighborhood: the poor education of her first seven children.

EngAGE, an award-winning program in Los Angeles, improves health—and cuts costs—by bringing arts and fitness to low-income seniors of many cultures.

The LA CAUSA YouthBuild charter school has had their federal funding cut, jeopardizing opportunities for at-risk youth in East Los Angeles.

Class of 2011 joins the ranks of Rough Rider alumni.

She continues to fight to reform public education, but now on a national level.

L.A.'s Boyle Heights neighborhood doesn't get much coverage—or respect. But a new bilingual publication edited by youth will help change that.

June 4 benefit performance and discussion at LATC included L.A. premier of 'Stories & Songs'

A book on Young Oak Kim details battles he fought in during World War II.

The Alfonso Perez School in East L.A. will no longer accept general education students and parents are upset at the school's change of policy.

Fourth-graders from Charles H. Kim Elementary School take part in a special arts workshop with renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and ballet star Damian Woetzel.

The Dalai Lama visited USC recently and spoke on human values, society and bin Laden.

Child advocacy group aims to reinvent itself in the face of deep cuts in state funding.

Back in 2009, one out of every six high school seniors in Santa Clara County dropped out of school. One of them was Jacob Jimenez, a writer for Silicon Valley De-Bug. But this year, Jimenez decided to drop back in.

He left school to serve in WWII but never gave up on getting his diploma.

What do Jackson Brown, Richard Riordan and Tyrone Howard have in common? A hope that ICEF Public Schools can find its footing.

Must she wait 10 years to re-enter U.S.?

The Pan-African holiday runs through January 1. The L.A. Watts Times offers this to convey its meaning clearly, correctly and concisely.

A conversation with award-winning indie filmmaker on why the Philippine-American War matters after more than a century.

Civil Rights veteran gets new archive started at Cal State L.A.

CNN bestowed honor on Efren Penaflorida; elected officials in Los Angeles County offer their own, including comparison to Pacquiao.

President tells thousands at the campus in South L.A. that their ballots represent a choice that could move America forward or backward.

It seems to be getting easy to throw public teachers under the bus for failing their communities. But what have communities done for public schools lately?

Richard Roundtree had breast cancer — yes, it happens to men. The disease is also more likely to kill African-American women than the general population, making awareness all the more important.

Two California charter-school networks — Oakland-based Aspire Public Schools and LA Alliance — have delivered the highest test scores and graduation rates for some of the state's most disadvantaged students.

With the Republican Party shifting right on many issues ahead of the November races, immigration was no exception.

An editorial in El Diario/La Prensa calls on Latino voters to remember that Republicans killed the DREAM Act.